UNH History
It was in this year that the University of New Hampshire first opened its doors.
What is 1866?
Jennifer Lee ('92) became the first female-identifying director of a Disney feature film with her work on this 2013 film.
What is Frozen?
This object is thrown on the ice after the first Wildcat goal at each home hockey game.
What is a fish?
COLA, COLSA, Paul, HHS, T-School, and this college have undergraduate students at UNH.
What is CEPS?
This is the first piece of commissioned artwork on UNH's campus. The $160,000 project was funded entirely by private donors.
What is the wildcat statue?
UNH boasts this many alumni who were/are astronauts that have been to space.
What is two (Richard Linnehan & Lee M.E. Morin)?
The Primal Scream, a UNH finals week tradition, is typically held in this building.
What is Dimond Library?
UNH boasts roughly this many undergraduate students.
What is 11,500?
Maizie is the name of UNH's first this.
What is mascot?
John "Jack" Mayer, professor of psychology, gained notoriety with his model of this kind of intelligence, characterized by self-awareness and awareness of others.
What is emotional intelligence?
UNH's athletics arch nemesis, the UMaine ______.
What are Black Bears?
As of the current academic year, there are this many residence halls that are in use on UNH's campus.
What is 21?
This building, which is still actively used today, was UNH's first library, built in 1907.
What is Hamilton Smith Hall?
General Lori Robinson ('81) was the first female officer in the history of the United States Armed Forces to command a major Unified Combatant Command, originally serving in this branch of the military.
What is the Air Force?
The name of UNH's fight song.
What is "On to Victory"?
The two prominent colors of UNH, blue and white are not arbitrary. The blue represents the ocean while the white represents these.
What are the White Mountains?
It was in this decade that the first woman, Lucy Swallow, was admitted to the University of New Hampshire.
What is the 1890s?
Yitang “Tom” Zhang published a proof of the twin prime theory, one of mathematics’ oldest questions, in 2013, for which he received a “genius grant” in 2014 awarded by this foundation.
What is the MacArthur Foundation?
Beginning in 1926 and carrying on through the 1960s, this UNH tradition gave one elected student the opportunity to make outrageous promises to the student body and a symbolic key handed over by the University's president.
What is the Mayor of Durham?
Of all UNH students, this percentage come from the state of New Hampshire.
What is 48%?